How To Sleep When Feeling Anxious?
It could be the night before a very important day – it could be a date; it could be your first-day of work or school; it could be a job interview; or it could be your scheduled flight date.
As you’re lying on your bed tossing and turning, you’re having a real, big difficulty trying to sleep.
Follow this step-by-step procedure and you will be sleeping in no time.
- Use the Clarifying Technique
You need to ask yourself, “Is this anxiety or just excitement?”
If it’s excitement, assure yourself that it’s perfectly normal to feel excited. If it’s anxiety, find out what is causing the anxiety.
- Apply Positive Beliefs
If the answer is “Excitement” for the previous step, you can skip this step.
If it’s anxiety, implant positive beliefs. For example, if it’s a date you’re having tomorrow, implant positive beliefs that you’re going to have a great time and visualize the fun things you’re going to have.
- Make everything perfect
Lie on your bed as comfortable as possible and any sleeping position you like. If it’s warm in your bedroom, turn up the air-conditioner or the fan.
- Cover your ears
When you’re having anxiety or panic attack, you tend to be very-very alert and your ears are very sensitive to sounds – you can catch the slightest sound and the environment volume seems to be turned up. Covering your ears with pillows or earplugs help to eliminate this problem. You will be able to sleep more easily once your hearing alertness is eliminated or at least lowered.
Note: When you’re covering your ears with the pillows; do not press the pillows against your ears with force! Just gently put the pillows over your ears and make sure you’re comfortable lying on your bed.
- Use the Deep Breathing Technique
Breathe in and out deeply and slowly. As you breathe, listen and feel your heartbeat… make it beat slower.
- Use the Visualization Technique
You can get into sleep much quicker if you visualize. Visualize something peaceful and relaxing!
For example, you can visualize that you’re lying on the beach.
As you enjoy the peaceful sea breeze and listen to the enchanting sounds of the beach, you sip your chilled coconut drink.
Be patient and don’t worry even if you’re trying to get to sleep for hours.
Do you know that the world record for a person without sleep is approximately 19 days?
Even if you have insufficient sleep, don’t worry about it. You will have an easier time sleeping the next day! Think positive!
If not, there are always sleep-medications. But I wouldn’t really recommend it since your body will build dependence on it.
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